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The man was found lying in a courtyard at the 15th century Tudor Merchant’s House in Kings Norton.

The building was known as the Saracen’s Head when, with the neighbouring Old Grammar School, it won the BBC’s Restoration series – and a £2.5 million Heritage Lottery Fund prize – in 2004.

Police were sent to reports of lead being stolen from the roof of the merchant’s house early on Tuesday.

One suspect, aged 30 and from Druids Heath, was arrested on suspicion of theft.

But a second man disappeared and police dogs were summoned to track the suspect.

West Midlands Police said a badly-injured man was eventually found lying in a courtyard after a dog handler scaled a fence.

He was given initial first aid by the officer, who prised a gate open with a crowbar to allow ambulance access, and later arrested on suspicion of theft.

The suspect suffered serious facial injuries, a broken leg and dislocated shoulder and was rushed to hospital.

A police spokesman said: “An officer from our dog unit managed to scale the fencing, get through a gap in the gate and into the central courtyard where he found a man who had clearly fallen from a height.

“The man is being treated in hospital and has been arrested on suspicion of theft.”